Still Not Convinced About This Draft » Brats & Beer

April 29, 2007
posted under: Justin Harrell, NFL Draft, Packers, Ted Thompson

I’ve been pouring over various reports on the Interweb for any information that will make me feel better about the way this draft is going for the Packers but I’m still not feeling the love like I was hoping to. The patrons over at the Wisconsin Sports Bar seem optimistic about Justin Harrell, putting him in the mold of other Tennessee defensive standouts like Albert Haynesworth and John Henderson, and the Packer Palace has a couple good things to say about Harrell, but I’m still having trouble getting enthused about taking a D-lineman in the first round who only played three games last year.

I hope Harrell and Ted Thompson prove me wrong but it just seems like a first round pick is too valuable to spend on a guy who has question marks due to injury and on a position where you are already fully stocked with talent. (Maybe not the greatest talent, but still Green Bay has spent a lot of money on the D-line the past couple years.)

Brandon Jackson, the running back from Nebraska, also doesn’t thrill me as a second-round pick. They guy seems talented enough, but he’s had to have surgery on his shoulders in the past couple years; seriously, were there no healthy players in the draft this year? Again, I hope I’m proven wrong when the season starts, but right now it’s hard to build a lot of enthusiasm for the Vernand Morencey/Brandon Jackson running back duo.

TT really went out on a limb taking wideout James Jones. I wasn’t even sure San Jose State played division 1 football and had to look it up. It turns out the Spartans were 9-4 last year and beat New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl. (Oh those crazy kids in the WAC.) Who knows, maybe this kid is for real and he can challenge Robert Ferguson for that #3 spot, but these crazy TT picks are really starting to worry me.